(a) Every covered person subject to this Chapter who
is elected, appointed, or employed, including one appointed to fill a vacancy
in elective office, except for public servants (i) included under G.S. 138A-3(30)b.,
e., f., or g. whose annual compensation from the State is less than sixty
thousand dollars ($60,000), or (ii) who are ex officio student members under
Chapters 115D and 116 of the General Statutes, shall file a statement of
economic interest with the Commission prior to the covered person's initial
appointment, election, or employment and no later than April 15 of every year
thereafter, except as otherwise filed under subsections (c1) and (d) of this
section. A prospective covered person required to file a statement under this
Chapter shall not be appointed, employed, or receive a certificate of election,
prior to submission by the Commission of the Commission's evaluation of the
statement in accordance with this Article. The requirement for an annual filing
under this subsection also shall apply to covered persons whose terms have
expired but who continue to serve until the covered person's replacement is
appointed. Once a statement of economic interest is properly completed and
filed under this Article, the statement of economic interest does not need to
be supplemented or refiled prior to the next due date set forth in this
subsection.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section,
individuals hired by, and appointees of, constitutional officers of the State
may file a statement of economic interest within 30 days after their
appointments or employment when the appointment or employment is made during
the first 60 days of the constitutional officer's initial term in that
constitutional office.

(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section,
public servants, under G.S. 138A-3(30)j. and k., who have submitted a statement
of economic interest under subsection (a) of this section, may be hired,
appointed, or elected provisionally prior to submission by the Commission of
the Commission's evaluation of the statement in accordance with this Article,
subject to dismissal or removal based on the Commission's evaluation.

(c1) A public servant reappointed to a board between
January 1 and April 15 shall file a current statement of economic interest
prior to the reappointment.

(c2) A public servant appointed to a board determined
and designated as nonadvisory under G.S. 138A-10(a)(3) shall file the initial
statement of economic interest within 60 days of notification of the
designation by the Commission and as provided in this section thereafter.

(d) A candidate for an office subject to this Article
shall file the statement of economic interest with the Commission within 10
days of the filing deadline for the office the candidate seeks. An individual
nominated under G.S. 163-114 shall file the statement within three days
following the individual's nomination, or not later than the day preceding the
general election, whichever occurs first. An individual seeking to qualify as
an unaffiliated candidate under G.S. 163-122 shall file the statement of
economic interest within three days of filing the petition required under that
section. An individual seeking to have write-in votes counted for that individual
in a general election shall file a statement of economic interest within three
days of the time the candidate files a declaration of intent under G.S. 163-123.
A candidate of a new party chosen by convention shall file a statement of
economic interest within three days of the time that the president of the
convention certifies the names of its candidates to the State Board of
Elections under G.S. 163-98.

(d1) In addition to subsections (a) and (d) of this
section, a covered person holding elected office or a former covered person who
held elected office subject to this Article shall file a statement of economic
interest in all of the following instances, as specified:

(1) Filed on or before April 15 of the year following
the year a covered person or former covered person does not file a notice of
candidacy or petition for election, or does not receive a certificate of
election, to the position making that individual a covered person, with all
information provided in the statement of economic interest current as of the
last day of December of the preceding year.

(2) Filed on or before April 15 of the year following
the year the covered person or former covered person resigns from the position
making that individual a covered person, with all information provided in the
statement of economic interest current as of the last day in the position.

(e) The State Board of Elections shall provide for
notification of the statement of economic interest requirements of this Article
to be given to any candidate filing for nomination or election to those offices
subject to this Article and to any nominee under G.S. 163-114.

(f) Within 10 days of the filing deadline for office
of a covered person, the executive director of the State Board of Elections
shall send to the State Ethics Commission a list of the names and addresses of
each candidate who has filed as a candidate for office as a covered person.
Within five days of an individual otherwise qualifying to be on the ballot, the
State Board of Elections shall send notice of that qualification to the State
Ethics Commission.

(g) The Commission shall issue forms to be used for
the statement of economic interest and shall revise the forms from time to time
as necessary to carry out the purposes of this Chapter. Except as otherwise set
forth in this section and in G.S. 138A-15(h), upon notification by the
employing entity, the Commission shall furnish to all other covered persons the
appropriate forms needed to comply with this Article. (2006-201,
s. 1; 2007-29, s. 2; 2007-348, ss. 32, 33; 2008-213, s. 64; 2009-549, s. 13;
2010-169, ss. 12, 22(b); 2014-111, s. 13(a).)